Give Me 4 Minutes — I’ll Show You How To Reclaim 40+ Weekly Hours

Practical no-fluff advice backed by experience

Neeramitra Reddy
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4 min readDec 14, 2022

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Forget boring intros; let’s dive right into it.

Your Time’s Arch-Nemesis Lives in Your Pocket

Over 65% of Americans check their phones 160 times daily — and spend 4-6 hours on them!

My migraine-plagued gaming days had me kissing my phone 10+ hours a day!

I’ve since reduced it to sub-60 minutes — here are 5 potent changes I made:

  • Kill all push notifications—except calls, messages, and payments.
  • Make DND your default—add emergency exceptions.
  • Embrace gray mode — switch back only for maps or photos.
  • Get rid of all widgets and use a simple wallpaper — an inspiring quote or a solid color.
  • Clean out all your fancy apps — except the essentials like shopping, payments, WhatsApp, and food delivery.

Don’t go nuclear on your phone right away — rather, ease into the changes one by one.

The (Unaccounted) Culprit of Day-To-Day Time Drain

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Neeramitra Reddy
Publishous

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